I’m very behind on sharing updates, but it seems very fitting that I share this all-American tribute for Blake on Veterans Day. He felt led to join the armed forces while in high school, was very passionate about freedom as our forefathers intended, and was preceded by scores of men in our family who held…
Our family often joked that Blake was emotionless. Sounds strange, but it was a compliment in every sense of the word. People were shocked at his ability to keep calm – no matter what. [If you missed part one, Last American Gentleman, read it first here]. Whether surrounded by joy, sadness, or scary circumstances, you…
Nothing prepares you to be met at the front door by uniformed officers from your son’s police department to inform you of your son’s tragic departure from this earth into the gates of heaven. Nothing. My mind is still reeling. The extreme loss I feel without Blake in our daily lives is paralyzing. How can…
